Word: halt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lincoln, and Buick have sought refuge a block away, their white tires carefully left an inch from the curb. James or William are reading their tabloids and ogling passing maids and nurses. But the streetcar still runs. It rumbles up to the great, grey building, shudders to a violent halt, relaxes with a compressed air sign, and allows passengers to scurry off. Two women, plump, middle-aged, the kind who dress the same for every occasion, every season, every time they go out of the house. A lad whose gaudy suit calls up instant associations with bargain basements. A sour...
...protected by the Bureau of Fisheries were U. S. property, waited for an answer. Last week it came in satisfactory form. In what amounted to a complete capitulation, Japan promised to suspend her "survey," issue no licenses for salmon fishing in the area, "take measures" to halt any violators of the agreement...
...minutes behind and kept traders on the jump with the biggest volume since January-1,600,000 shares. Next day, being Saturday, was only a half-day for trading, but the frantic dumping of securities reached 1,380,000 shares before the closing bell brought the debacle to a halt. As the ticker caught up, brokers for the first time in three weeks forgot to talk about Richard Whitney. They were too busy reading that U. S. Steel was down to $44, U. S. Rubber to $25, American Telephone & Telegraph to $117.50, N. Y. Central to $10.50, Pennsylvania...
...hitchhiking and rod-riding over most of North America, thought he would try his luck by air. His mother was in flood-stricken Van Nuys, Calif, and he wanted to get home in a hurry. Slipping aboard a T. W. A. transport during a routine, 20-minute halt, he locked himself in the toilet. Aloft a few minutes later, the disheveled young man appeared before 17 startled passengers. He was allowed to finish his ride in one of four unoccupied seats. At the next stopping place he was escorted off airport property and released. Only rub was that Flyer Hagaman...
...morning this week the gong bonged as usual at 10 a. m., opening the day's trading. Slowly the ticker tapped out the first sale-100 shares of Lehman Corp. at $25.50 per share. The market was dull. Suddenly the bell rang again, bringing trading to a sharp halt. As a man the hushed brokers turned toward the rostrum to hear an astounding announcement: the firm of Richard Whitney & Co. was unable to meet its obligations...